(p. 280) khāla a canal; a strait; a channel; a quagmire; a pit; lowland (also খালিজমি); (dial.) cramp; (dial.) skin, hide. খাল কাটা v. to dig a canal or a channel. খাল তোলা v. to flay. খাল ধরা v. to have a cramp; to cramp. খাল কেটে কুমির (বা বেনো জল) আনা v. to invite evil, to ask or look for trouble, to allow room to an evil-doer through indiscreet act; to dig one's grave. 20)

(p. 480) daka, dan̐ka a soft and deep mass of mud, a pool of soft and deep mud, quagmire, slough (দকে পড়া). দকে পড়া v. (fig.) to run into a great danger suddenly. 14)

(p. 560) nāka the nose, the olfactory organ; the sense of smell; the power to distinguish smell, smelling power (তোমার নাক তো খুব). নাক উঁচানো v. (fig.) to turn up one's nose (at), to show disdain (at). নাকঝাড়া v. to blow one's nose. নাক টেপা v. to press one's nose; (ridi.). to say one's prayers silently. নাক ডাকা v. to snore. নাক ফোঁড়া, নাক বেঁধানো v. to perforate the septum of one's nose. ̃বরাবর adv. straight, straightaway, in the direction of one's nose. নাক বাঁকানো same as নাক উঁচানো । নাক মলা v. to pull or twist one's own nose as a mark of regret for a mistake or fault. নাক সিঁটকানো same as নাক উঁচানো । নাকে খত see খত । নাকে-মুখে গোঁজা v. to eat very hurriedly; to gulp down. নাকের ছেঁদা a nostril. নাকের জলে চোখের জলে হওয়া (fig.) to be embarrassed, to be in deep waters or quagmire. নিজের নাক কেটে পরের যাত্রাভঙ্গ করা (fig.) to do a greater harm to oneself in an attempt to put somebody into trouble. 8)

(p. 1050) hāōḍ় an extensive marsh or quagmire or fen. 5)